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Coloritto, or, The harmony of colouring in painting : reduced to mechanical practice, under easy precepts and infallible rules, together with some colour'd figures, in order to render the said precepts and rules intelligible not only to painters, but even to all lovers of painting / by J.C. le Blon

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Author:
Le Blon, J. C. 1667-1741  Search this
Former owner:
United States Patent Office Scientific Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[ii], vii, 27 pages, 2 leaves of plates (1 mounted) : 1 color illustration, 1 portrait ; 28 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Date:
1720
1729
Notes:
English and French on opposite pages.
French title: L'harmonie du coloris dans la peinture.
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AAPGRB copy 39088003601184 has 18 blank leaves at end. Copy probably imperfect.
AAPGRB copy has bookplate: United States Patent Office, Scientific Library; with stamp: U.S. Patent Office Scientific Library, received Jun. 14, 1882.
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Topic:
Painting--Technique  Search this
Color  Search this
Call number:
ND1486 .L44
ND1486.L44
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_199661